Convoy Protesters Whose Bank Accounts Were Frozen Launch Lawsuit Against Feds, Banks

Police move in to clear downtown Ottawa near Parliament hill of protesters after weeks of demonstrations on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. A national civil liberties group is set to argue that "nebulous or strained claims" about economic instability or general unrest weren't enough to legally justify the Liberal government's use of the Emergencies Act early last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Numerous Freedom Convoy protesters who had their bank accounts frozen after the government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act have filed a tort lawsuit against federal ministers and financial institutions behind the decision.

The lawsuit is in addition to several others that have been launched or are going to be launched after a federal court found the invocation of the act infringed Charter rights.